John Haworth Drewry Letters
936553e044.jpg
Revision as of Apr 29, 2015, 10:08:22 AM created by 65.61.234.59 |
Revision as of May 8, 2015, 12:29:14 PM protected by Rbcm.admin |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
− | August 27, 1917 Dear Mother:- Last Sunday I was prevented from writing letters by reason of a trip I took by aeroplane. I took an officer about 100 miles northwest of here, over the roughest | + | RFC |
+ | PER ARDUA AD ASTRA | ||
+ | |||
+ | CAMP RATHBUN | ||
+ | DESERONTO | ||
+ | |||
+ | August 27, 1917 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear Mother:- | ||
+ | |||
+ | Last Sunday I was prevented from writing letters by reason of a trip I took by aeroplane. I took an officer about 100 miles northwest of here, over the roughest part of Ontario. We expected to get back the same day but the weather was too poor for a long trip back so we did not get back till Tuesday afternoon and I have been at it all week since. I am sorry it happened that way as Aunt Mary was to leave the Bowens for a time on Tuesday and I had not seen her for several days. Still, I am proud of having made the trip, as I believe it was the longest and most difficult cross-country flight made by any of the R.F.C. boys in Canada. | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of our flying-officers has been sent to New York to recruit so I have command of "C" flight in our squadron (there are three flights to a squadron). It is a good experience though something of a responsibility for one without experience. However I can but do | ||
+ | |||
+ | BC Archives, 93-6553 | ||
+ | Box 4 | ||
+ | DREWRY FAMILY | ||
+ | Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919. |
Revision as of May 8, 2015, 12:29:14 PM
RFC PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
CAMP RATHBUN DESERONTO
August 27, 1917
Dear Mother:-
Last Sunday I was prevented from writing letters by reason of a trip I took by aeroplane. I took an officer about 100 miles northwest of here, over the roughest part of Ontario. We expected to get back the same day but the weather was too poor for a long trip back so we did not get back till Tuesday afternoon and I have been at it all week since. I am sorry it happened that way as Aunt Mary was to leave the Bowens for a time on Tuesday and I had not seen her for several days. Still, I am proud of having made the trip, as I believe it was the longest and most difficult cross-country flight made by any of the R.F.C. boys in Canada.
One of our flying-officers has been sent to New York to recruit so I have command of "C" flight in our squadron (there are three flights to a squadron). It is a good experience though something of a responsibility for one without experience. However I can but do
BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.